I hate it when I'm stupid. You too, you say? Stupid, stupid, stupid, I am feeling this morning. Having read all the books that advise "experimenting" with Amazon's categories, I did --- and knocked my book right of the sites that have been giving it some press on Amazon's sites. Now it is not showing up as a Hot New Anything so today is not the day some cool teenager will find my book, read it and recommend it to her friends. I have gone back into the KDP Dashboard (this all gets very familiar quickly once you publish this way) and tried to re-create my old category choices. The system is actually very responsive and by tonight they will be updated I'm sure but it does make me wonder at my ability to be an entrepreneur.
Because of course what I want are minions. Minions and perhaps even lackeys that I can give commands to --- minions with actual expertise instead of the "let's try this" kind I seem to have. I have to lift my eyes I think, away from today and check out the horizon. I have learned things before. I can learn this too. By this time next year I hope the successor to The Wych of Lepyr Cove will be on Amazon and I will be able to do more things right the first time.
For now I will remember what the wise Isak Denesen said: 'When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself." From her mouth to God's ear. Read More
Because of course what I want are minions. Minions and perhaps even lackeys that I can give commands to --- minions with actual expertise instead of the "let's try this" kind I seem to have. I have to lift my eyes I think, away from today and check out the horizon. I have learned things before. I can learn this too. By this time next year I hope the successor to The Wych of Lepyr Cove will be on Amazon and I will be able to do more things right the first time.
For now I will remember what the wise Isak Denesen said: 'When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself." From her mouth to God's ear. Read More